Disturbance as a Performance

Disturbing Moments 

This week in class we read a few different articles and play discriptions of how there are disruptions in theatre. It is an interesting conecpt to view because of the unexpected tendacnies of a theatrical performance. The expression of interupting a sequence of events can be based off a mob scene or protest, event creating a 'sit in' to show a movement of revolution. Anything that can create/cause an action from an audience member or viewer is the main purpose or goal. In theatre we strive for a good feedback from the audience. I especially enjoy when I can hear the audience bursting out in a roar of laughter during a comedy performance. Also for example when the undergraduates performed the Lab Show 6 performance and interacted with several audience members. They roamed around the room creating a scene of their own from imagination trying to gain the audiences attention. It was unique to experience, because the unexpected results from the audience members allowed for the show to have a change of events or movement. The example that we used in class that really provoked an awesome debate was the guy who claimed he was going to 'burn a flag' on campus. It was totally misinterpreted revealing that any disruption with every day life presents problems and changes. I even thought after much debate, what if our interpretation of a performance can take the change of the show its self. We are entitled to our own opinions so that helps us to chose and think about what is going to happen next.

Changing theatre is always in progress towards the future. What can we bring to the 21st century besides our knowledge and technology. With a progressed span of knowledge we are able to make scene changes more reality and projections increase the imagry of the space. With this technology we are able to share our performances out to more people and the world. For example in Nick's physical theatre class we are able to record our silks performances and then upload it onto the internet where more students, teachers, and others out there can view our performances and make opinions based from our presentation of skills. It is amazing with our increased social media how we can show our performances to the world. It can help us get recognized by people who can recrute us for our talents. This is how we can share and progress theatre in the 21st century